Introduction to Bayesian statistics.
[STAT2130]
[15h + 5h] 4 credits
This course is taught in the 2d semester.
Teacher(s):
Language: French
Level: Second
Aims
and the basic techniques in Bayesian statistics. He or she will be able to
use and to put forward the advantages and drawbacks of that paradigm in
standard problems.
Main themes
- The likelihood function and its a priori specification.
- One-parameter models: choice of the a priori distribution, derivation of
the a posteriori distribution, summarizing the a posteriori distribution.
- Multi-parameter models: choice of the a priori distribution, derivation
of the a posteriori distribution, nuisance parameters. Special
cases: the multinomial and the multivariate Gaussian models.
- Large sample inference and connections with asymptotic frequentist
inference.
- Bayesian computation.
Content and teaching methods
- The likelihood function and its a priori specification.
- One-parameter models: choice of the a priori distribution, derivation of
the a posteriori distribution, summarizing the a posteriori distribution.
- Multi-parameter models: choice of the a priori distribution, derivation
of the a posteriori distribution, nuisance parameters. Special
cases: the multinomial and the multivariate Gaussian models.
- Large sample inference and connections with asymptotic frequentist
inference.
- Bayesian computation.
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)
Ouvrages de référence
Gelman, A., Carlin, J.B., Stern, H.S. and Rubin, D.B. (2003,2nd edition) Bayesian Data Analysis. Chapman and Hall.
Spiegelhalter, D.J., Thomas, A. and Best, N.G. (1999) WinBUGS User Manual. MRC Biostatistics Unit.
Bolstad, W.M.(2004) Introduction to Bayesian Statistics. Wiley.